Welcome to our Poutama newsletter for April 2020. As we head into the long weekend, we thought we’d put out our monthly newsletter to give you some light reading over the Easter break.

Our Poutama whānau have been working hard during this unprecedented time and profile the dedicated 0800 Māori Business Support service. We also have some cool stories showcasing businesses and interesting articles on entrepreneurship, science and different touch points on COVID-19.

We hope you enjoy the read and as always we welcome your feedback and would love to share any great stories you have.

Take care whānau and stay safe in your bubble. Kia kaha – we can do this!

Māori tech start-up Carloads is working to transform the way seasonal work is done so it’s “win win” Sometimes the best business ideas are borne out of solving sticky problems. That’s certainly been the case [...]

Written by founders Felicia Brunsting and James Rua (Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei) The Hood and Co creates visual content for brands in Aotearoa. We are committed to the best in storytelling across most platforms through [...]

Headlines around COVID-19, outside of Asia, have continued to worsen. Rising virus cases in Europe and the US, coupled with the oil spat between Russia and Saudi Arabia, have sharply reduced investment sentiment and [...]

It seems appropriate that this edition of the Poutama Newsletter says something around but not necessarily about COVID-19. Poutama’s wandering CEO made a visit to Canada just as COVID-19 was starting to spread into [...]

The Mission: Help 1,000,000 new entrepreneurs start & succeed Many new entrepreneurs want to know how long it will take to become successful. It is easy, and dangerous, to fall into a “now mentality”. [...]